Anime demotivators

I’ve been working more hours than usual this week, so regrettably I don’t have the time or energy for an extensive post today – instead, here’s a quick but fun post that I hope will provide your day with a chuckle or two. A collection of my favorite anime demotivators…

In my last “filler” post about funny fansubs, TRazor suggested I do demotivators next, which I coincidentally was planning to do XD For those of you who don’t know what they are, demotivators are the opposite of those motivational posters you often see hanging in offices and similar places. While these “motivators” have an inspirational image captioned with a motivating keyword in large letters with a reinforcing sentences below it, demotivators completely parody that idea. How so? My favorite anime demotivators, that I’ve gotten from various places around the web, are prime examples:

*I apologize for the Code Geass spoilers*

The below five demotivators are really clever – I was able to get all but the third one right away XD

*I’m not usually one for crude humor…but this one XD*

The below five demotivators are courtesy of (the now inactive?) BakaReviews‘ “demotivator of the week.”

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These are the best anime demotivators I’ve been able to find but I know there are plenty more good ones out there. Feel free to link to any you’d like to share in the comments =)

And for some brief site news, four seasonal shows I’m watching will be ending soon (Ano Hana, [C], Gosick, and Kami nomi II) so posts about some or all of them will be coming up. Also, I’ll be off to Anime Expo in a week, and AnimeYume.com will be turning nine years old! =D

Anyway, I can’t say for sure when my next post will be due to a currently uncertain work schedule. But it should be early next week sometime. See you all then. Hope your summer is off to a good start~

That first one reminded me of a shirt I saw way back in early/mid 00s, it read “Anime is cheaper than crack.” And rightfully so, all those characters in that pic hearken back to a time in which every other shows got license and was sold rather expansively. Two episodes of FLCL for 30 bucks anyone?

There needs to be an updated pic along the lines of “Anime: brb checking Tokyo Toshokan.”

Yes, I remember seeing the “Anime: Crack is Cheaper” phrase on bags (which I believe they still sell). Prices really were ridiculous back then, huh? Now $30 can get you an entire seasons whereas before it could only get you a few episodes.

And I like your new Tokyo Toshokan line ^^ Definitely fitting for me since I visit that site all the time.

There’s a niconico video full of the “are you otaku enough” pictures, and also shows what character is being represented. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8614349
I like the Touhou ones the best :3

As for the 5 that you put up, I also got all but the third right away (I thought the 3rd was the afro guy who camo-ed in Hayate ><)

Ah, and for the people who are wondering, the characters the otaku posters are referring to are (from top to bottom): Neon Genesis Evangelion, Doraemon, Lupin the 3rd, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Detective Conan.

I got two of the colored bar ones, as well as an inkling of what a third was. Two and a half isn’t bad out of five.
The Ash’s hat one was just depressing. I mean you don’t fight a Primeape over that only to toss it aside. That just ain’t right.